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SOLIDWORKS

ALTHOUGH THE
PROJECT WAS
NOT PRIMARILY
IN THE FIRST SEMESTER, FOCUSED ON
WE WERE TASKED WITH CAD, HERE WE
CONSTRUCTING BASIC HAD TO
SHAPES ON SOLIDWORKS. CONSTRUCT A
WE MADE A SPHERE, A PLUG IN
CYLINDER, A CONE, A CUBE SOLIDWORKS.
AND AN OCTAGONAL PRISM. THIS WAS
THIS WAS AN INTERESTING HARD, AS I
TASK AS IT WAS THE FIRST WAS STILL
TIME I USED A CAD UNCERTAIN
PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT USING CAD.
SERVED AS A CORNER
STONE FOR ALL OTHER
TASKS IN SOLIDWORKS,
UTILIZING THE SKILLS
LEARNED HERE. THE SMOKE ALARM TASK WAS AN DIFFICULT BUT
SATISFYING. WE LEARNED MANY NEW SKILLS DURING THIS HERE WE
PROJECT, SUCH AS HOW TO ADD COLOUR, LOFTING AND CHAM- MADE MANY
FERING. I FOUND THIS A TIME CONSUMING PROJECT DUE TO DIFFERING
MY INEXPERIENCE IN SOLIDWORKS. OBJECTS: A
HAMMER
HEAD, A
CANDLE
HOLDER AND
A DIAL. WE
THE NINTENDO SWITCH PROJECT I FOUND EXTREMELY DIFFI- LEARNED THE
CULT, YET I ENJOYED IT. I LEARNED MUCH ABOUT THE PRO- IMPORTANCE
GRAM AND HOW TO OPERATE IT, WHILE OF PLANES,
NOTICING THE PATTERNS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE FILLETS AND
END PRODUCT. THIS COMPILED ALL KNOWLEDGE LEARNED
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. HOW TO
EXTRUDE
CUTS. THIS
WAS A VERY
HELPFUL AND
EDUCATIONAL
PROJECT.